From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher,
Winter Solstice (the basis for the TV movie) is the story of five
unforgettable characters, lonely and haunted strangers who find love and
loyalty as a reborn family of friends during the Christmas holidays.
Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of
Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Gradually she settled
into the comfortable familiarity of village life--shopkeepers knowing
her tastes, neighbors calling her by name--still she finds herself
lonely.
Oscar Blundell gave up his life as a musician in order to marry Gloria.
They have a beautiful daughter, Francesca, and it is only because of
their little girl that Oscar views his sacrificed career as worthwhile.
Carrie returns from Austria at the end of an ill-fated affair with a
married man to find her mother and sister sharing a home and squabbling
endlessly. With Christmas approaching, Carrie agrees to look after her
sister's awkward and quiet teenage daughter, Lucy, so that her mother
might enjoy a romantic fling in America.
Sam Howard is trying to pull his life back together after his wife has
left him for another. He is without home and without roots, all he has
is his job. Business takes him to northern Scotland, where he falls in
love with the lush, craggy landscape and set his sights on a house.
It is the strange rippling effects of a tragedy that will bring these
five characters together in a large, neglected estate house near the
Scottish fishing town of Creagan.
